A simplified view of WLDF

The WebLogic Diagnostic Framework (WLDF) is a very powerful capability that has been in the product since WebLogic 9.0. WebLogic's product documentation does a good job of describing the fine detail of WLDF, but I believe that the high level overview it provides is too verbose and makes WLDF seem more complicated than it is. This is probably one reason why I don't see WLDF used quite as often as it should be, in place of custom coded monitoring solutions.

A couple of years ago I created my own diagram showing WLDF's composition, in an attempt to demonstrate that it's actually a fairly simple concept. However, I never got around to publishing it. Prompted by a recent request, I thought I'd address this ommision now, so here is that diagram...

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Hopefully this helps to better show the power of WLDF and that it's not as complex as one might think.


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